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Pape Name Meaning
English (mainly northern), North German, Dutch, and French:
nickname for someone with a severe or pompous manner or perhaps a
pageant name for someone who had played the part of a pope or priest,
from Middle English pope or Old French pape ‘pope’,
Middle Low German, Middle Dutch pape ‘priest’, Old French
pape ‘pope’. Compare Papa.German: nickname from a baby word for ‘father’. Compare
Baab.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Pape
Name Distribution of Pape Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Pape families
 109 - 215  37 - 108 |
 1 - 36  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Pape families
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186 - 370 63 - 185 |
1 - 62 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Pape families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Pape census records
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Pape Family Origin
Pape Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Pape
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Pape Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Pape census records
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Pape Civil War Service Records
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